The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1887-05-03
FAB worse THAN a razor.
The Weapon Carried by Modern Romans.
Something About RevoIvers.


The Weapon Carried by Modern Romans,
Something About RevOIvers.
"Just feel in that ducks blouse for q
knife before you let go of his hands, !"
quietly remarked Detective Shore to a
couple of policemen who were dragging
an angry looking Italian into Central sta
ton. The policemen went through the
Roman and pulled out a wicked look
ing knife with a blade at least
eight inches long. The prisoner had
been arrested for fighting up on
Tunnel street and WAS discharged
the next morning with small fine. He
didn't get his knife back, however, and
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department archives
f'That," said the detective, els one of
the most dangerous concealed weapons
we have to deal with. That knife Is made
from a file, one of the half round kind,
with the edges ground down till it is keen
as razor.
Gin their own country these people all
carry knives 1t is the custom, and when
they first come here, and until they learn
to talk English and learn something OF
the police laws, they cling to the stiletto.
And they are so quick tempered that it Is
a dangerous thing for them to carry
weapon The Huns are another class of
people who generally have knives on their
persons, and they are very quick to use
Them
''What concealed weapons do you most
often find?''
s'Revolvers, knives, handy-billies and
knuckles. The last three will send a man
up almost any time, but very reputable
citizens sometimes carry revolvers. STILL.
by far the larger MAJ ority of guns are car
ried by the tough element. People who
have business that takes them into dan
gerous places, or who have to carry large
sums of money, like bank messengers,
carry revolvers, but they generally go to
the chief Of police and get permit, but
as general rule your reputable citizen
and business man doesn't carry gun.
eve don't very often find a thief with
a revolver in his pocket, unless he is get
ting out of town or it is at night. The
reason is this: A man known as thief is
very often arrested on suspicion. The
police think that he may be wanted for
something. If there is no charge against
him he gets away. Well, if q revolver is
found on him he is charged with carrying
concealed weapons and held until it can
be seen what he has been doing. Almost
any kind of a knife with blade over three
inches long is looked upon with suspicion
by police authorities when found On the
person Of suspicious or doubtful charac-
ter, and the presence Of any weapon is ale
ways damaging TO the case of any disrep-
utable or unknown prisoner.
''Now, III tell you something about re-
volvers. It's a good thing as well as a
bad that there are SO many bad revolvers
There is hardly day goes by but what
case is reported TO the mayors office Of
somebody swapping a revolver at some
one else. A really first class revolver
doesn't snap but once, and then if it is
pointed the right way somebody has to
drop. But about two-thirds of the revOl-
vers carried by the toughs are these cheap
affairs, which are not to be depended on
either to go off or not to go off. Pitts
burg Dispatch.